Pulmonary embolism as manifestation of right atrial myxoma

There was a significant difference in the gender between left atrial myxomas and right atrial myxomas (p 005) the most common attached sites of left atrial myxomas and right atrial myxomas are the atrial septum. Pulmonary embolism due to the right atrial myxoma damir fabijani}1, echocardiography, myxoma, pulmonary embolism introduction myxoma is the most common cardiac tumor1,2de-spite its benign pathologic nature, catastrophic results clinical manifestations of cardiac myxomas are most. Atrial myxoma heart failure nigeria pulmonary hypertension cardiac myxomas are the most common tumours of the heart, with 75% located in the left atrium [ 1 , 2 ] it is a slow-growing tumour and can present with various manifestations.

Fulminant pulmonary embolism in cases of right atrial [37] or right ventricular [34] myxoma the combination of left atrial myxoma and mitral stenosis has been reported only in single cases [33,38] right atrial myxomas may mimic constrictive pericarditis by producing functional stenosis of the tricuspid valve. One patient being young but high risk preoperatively, on high inotropic support, went into fatal arrhythmia and could not be revived, while the second patient, who had associated pulmonary embolism and underwent resection of myxoma and pulmonary embolectomy, died of right heart failure. 454 right atrial thrombus mimicking myxoma with pe in sle patient volume 35, mimicking myxoma with pulmonary embolism in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and secondary antiphospholipid syndrome site was the free wall of the right atrium, atrial myxoma was a possible diagnosis.

Echoes from a right atrial mass in a patient with pulmonary embolism simulated a typical echocardiography appearance of a right atrial myxoma the patient was admitted with recurrent pulmonary emboli and had evidence of deep venous thrombosis on venography. There is good opacification of the pulmonary arterial tree with no evidence of pulmonary embolus there is no evidence of right heart strain there is a polypoidal soft tissue filling defect within the anterior aspect of the left atrium, apparently arising from the intra-atrial septum via a pedicle, in keeping with an atrial myxoma. Atrial myxoma myxomas are usually located in either the left or right atrium of the heart about 86 percent occur in the left atrium myxomas are typically pedunculated, with a stalk that is attached to the interatrial septumthe most common location for attachment of the stalk is the fossa ovalis region of the interatrial septum an atrial myxoma may create an extra heart sound, audible to. A myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart it has been reported as the source of a cardiogenic embolism therefore, it is important for clinicians to detect the myxoma early via echocardiography to prevent complications, such as syncope, sudden death, and cerebral embolic ischemic stroke.

In japan, out of 86 right atrial myxomas, 81% presented pulmonary embolism, which was the initial manifestation in 3% of cases [3 x [3] miyauchi, y, endo, t, kuroki, s, and hayakawa, h right atrial myxoma presenting with recurrent episodes of pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary embolism from tumor fragments originating from the tumor mass is a potentially fatal complication early diag- in addition to the hematologic manifestations of right atrial myxoma that were seen in our patient, several other features have been documented these include the occur-rence of thrombocytopenia, leukocytosis, anemia. Right atrial myxoma and pulmonary embolism rational basis for investigation and treatment jr atrial myxoma clinical manifestations and surgical treatment int surg 1978 mar 63 (3):180–182 prichard rw tumors of the heart review of the subject and report of 150 cases ama arch pathol. Embolism occurs in approximately 10% of the patients with myxoma in the right atrium, and even pulmonary embolism can occur as in our case in our case, the pulmonary embolism that had been diagnosed in may 2008 was different from the one detected by pulmonary ct angiography in march 2006.

Our data and review of literature identified right-sided heart failure, tricuspid regurgitation and pulmonary embolism as common findings in right atrial myxoma and lead us to suggest that clinicians consider it in their differential diagnosis in situations where such findings go unexplained. Unusual manifestations of left atrial myxoma have also been fragments may cause pulmonary embolism when located on the right, and systemic organ infarction when located on the left interference komolafe ao right atrial myxoma as a possible cause of haemorrhagic stroke and sudden death niger med j 201253:102-4 4 animasahun ab. Primary intracardiac tumors are rare and approximately 50% are myxomas the majority of myxomas are located in the left atrium and have variable clinical presentation we report a case of a large myxoma in the right atrium, which is an uncommon location for this type of tumor a 45-year-old.

Right atrial myxoma mistaken for recurrent pulmonary thromboembolism - dl jardine, dl lamont - heart, 1997 - heartbmjcom [heartbmjcom] right atrial myxoma with a nonembolic intestinal manifestation - jm park, rr garcia, jk patrick, d waagner. Pulmonary embolism of tumor fragments or thrombus from the tumor surface may also occur, resulting in dyspnea, chest pain, haemoptysis, syncope, pulmonary hypertension, right sided heart failure or death. We would hypothesise that the pulmonary infarction was due to the invasion of the la myxoma into the right atrium and myxoma fragments shed off to the pulmonary artery, similar to the reported case of a patient with right atrial myxoma 8 pulmonary hypertension was the result of pulmonary infarction or recurrent pulmonary embolism, while the.

A 78-year-old caucasian patient with compromised cardiac function presenting recurrent episodes of pulmonary embolism was referred to our center for resection of a voluminous right atrial myxoma arising from the koch’s triangle.

A pulmonary angiogram shows the abrupt termination of the ascending branch of the right upper-lobe artery, confirming the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism a chest radiograph with normal findings in a 64-year-old woman who presented with worsening breathlessness. There is a slight difference in the reported rates of embolism of right- and left-sided myxomas, with systemic emboli occurring in 21% to 33% of patients with left-sided cardiac myxoma, and pulmonary embolism occurring in 2% to 24% of patients found to have right-sided cardiac myxoma [2 x 2 bortolotti, u et al surgical excision of. Multifocal cardiac myxoma with greater than two foci is rarely reported in the literature we report a case of a 22-year-old woman who presented with profound right heart failure, and was found to have seven right atrial myxomas with bilateral pulmonary embolism, including near-complete occlusion of right pulmonary arterial flow. In case of a right atrial myxoma, the obstruction of tricuspid valve can give rise to signs of right-sided heart failure, such as dyspnea, cyanosis, general edema or syncope moreover, the blockage of the vena cava can result in a budd-chiari syndrome with acute abdominal pain [ 11 .